Drum 'n' Bass star Blame scores with X-Desk

The wife wouldnt be happy if I shipped a 40 ch G-Series into the house, so X-Desk was perfect!

LUTON, UK  As a 17-year old, Blames first production was the legendary drum n bass hit Music Takes You, and he hasnt looked back since. Hes since mixed one of Moving Shadows famous Logical Progression albums, remixed bands including UB40 and The Jackson 5 and toured the world with LTJ Bukem.

More recently the Blame-penned Selah track Because Of You became Zane Lowes Hottest Record in The World and now the likes of Tinchy Stryder, Jocelyn Brown, Rodney P and Dynamite MC are lining up to collaborate with the writer and producer for his debut album, entitled Blame The Music. Clearly Blame is one of the most in-demand producers out there and now he has the perfect sound, thanks in no small part to his recent purchase: a Solid State Logic X-Desk.

Over the last 10 years I have been working out of my home studio, Blame reveals. But over the last couple of years I have recorded and mixed tracks in some of the biggest studios around London. It was the first time I got my hands on some huge SSL desks and was instantly blown away with the depth, warmth and clarity, even by merely running the stems through the channels.

However, I love having a home studio so I can easily crawl out of bed with an idea at any time, he continues, but I don't think the wife would be too happy if I shipped a 40 channel G-Series into the house! So I started hunting around for more compact ways of getting that sound into my setup. I thought about SSL channel strips, and then the X-Desk popped up. The size and connectivity of it all was great for my home studio so, for me, the X-Desk was the perfect solution. So now I find music making is more fluent and the quality of the sound is just what I have come to expect from SSL.

Blames debut album, Blame The Music, is out now and he is currently producing tracks on new albums by Jocelyn Brown and Ed Drewett.